In Europe it derives from a 17th Century Spanish word 'el lagarto' meaning a lizard. This comes from Latin 'lacerta'
the word alligator is native american
The alligator comes from the Spanish.
No, you never need to capitalize alligator unless it is the first word of the sentence.
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Direct quote from Wikipedia... "The name alligator is an anglicized form of el lagarto, the Spanish term for "lizard", which early Spanish explorers and settlers in Florida called the alligator."
the word alligator is native american
Yes, the word 'alligator' is a noun, a word for a type of reptile, a word for a thing, a living thing.
An antonym is a word that means the opposite of a given word. "Hard" is an antonym of "soft." The only antonym of alligator is "not an alligator", fool!
The alligator comes from the Spanish.
What was the alligator called in old English
No, you never need to capitalize alligator unless it is the first word of the sentence.
"Gee, what nice looking alligator shoes!" "Have you ever visited the alligator farm in Buena Park?"
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There is no Hawaiian word for alligator. The English word is used, but it's pronounced alikeita.
Hailing from the 1560s, the English word alligator comes to us from the corruption of the Spanish word el lagarto (de Indias) meaning "the lizard (of the Indies)", from the Latin word lacertus, although "alligarter" WAS an earlier variant."See you later, alligator" is from a 1957song title.